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| John Cena is having serious problems with his neck which is causing numbness in one of his arms. After having an MRI done on Saturday before the show in Madison Square Garden, he returned to MSG and said, "Long story short, my neck is fucked up badly." That's the reason singles matches with Cena for this weekend were turned into tags, and why Batista worked most of the matches at all three shows. Cena hasn't indicated if he's going to take time off at this point or not. |
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| - John Cena is set to be examined by Dr. Lloyd Youngblood in San Antonio, TX on Wednesday. Youngblood has performed neck surgey on many WWE stars including Steve Austin, Edge, and Lita. There is a fear that Cena's injury is far worse than just the herniated disc mentioned on RAW. [PWInsider.com] - WWE.com has an article up on Cena's injury including comments from Cena. "It needs to be dealt with because I lost most of the feeling in my right arm and am having pain in my shoulder," Cena told WWE.com. "I'm losing 20 percent of my strength per day. If I don't do anything about it, the injury will end up rupturing and then the surgery will be more difficult. It's not easy, because surgery never is." |
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| According to WWE.com, John Cena had surgery on his neck today in Pittsburgh. The surgey was performed by Dr. Joseph Maroon. Cena is now in recovery. Cena was supposed to go see Dr. Lloyd Youngblood in San Antonio tomorrow but obviously the plan changed to put Cena under the knife immediately. |
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| STAMFORD, Conn. – WWE Superstar John Cena is temporarily out of action with a herniated disc in his neck. UPDATE: WWE.com has learned that Cena's procedure was successful and that Dr. Joseph Maroon, renowned neurosurgeon, Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Team Neurosurgeon for the Pittsburgh Steelers.was very positive about Cena's condition. “We performed a microsurgical removal of a large disk fragment compression on the spinal cord which was weakening the nerve leading to the right arm," Dr. Maroon told WWE.com shortly after the operation. "We created a small incision in the front of the neck using an operating microscope to remove the fragment from the spinal cord and nerve. The operation took approximately an hour and a half. "I think John’s prognosis is excellent," he added. "He should be able to return to wrestling in two to four months. John will be working out next week. We performed this same procedure on three all pro NFL players; and all three resumed their football careers.” Please check back later with WWE.COM as we plan another interview with Dr. Maroon following John Cena’s post-surgical recovery treatment. Cena's injury was the horrific outcome of a high impact Batista Bomb that caught an airborne Cena off the top rope at SummerSlam, resulting in numbness in his right arm and extensive pain in his shoulder. (Watch footage of Cena's injury at SummerSlam) “You can either do one of two things: be upset or know what you can do to get better,” said former WWE Champion Cena prior to the surgery. “The ultimate goal is to be as strong as I can and get back into the ring as soon as possible.” |
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| You know what's hilarious right now? As I type this I'm at work. I work in Oakland, which is where Cena is at as far as being in the hospital goes. Therefore, I'm typing this and Cena is right across the street from where I'm at. Hilarious. |
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Haha, nice. You should go say hi. |